Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- formulate an evidence- based review of inclusive, ethical and sustainable professional development opportunities
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- challenges related to the use of academic and professional digital technologies, materials or frameworks in in e-textiles and wearable technologies
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Work collaboratively engaging with lab-based research and best practice to investigate and create a prototype to address an unmet market need.
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Evaluate and identify emerging trends from industry and other stakeholders in the context of wearable e-textiles, applying a holistic design and system approach to propose a product concept.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- employ relevant methods and techniques to experiment with and model academic and professional technologies, materials or frameworks in in e-textiles and wearable technologies
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
W. Wade & N. Wagner (2012). Scenario planning: a field guide to the future. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley [ebook].
K.G. Bethune (2025). Non-linear. MIT Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Group presentation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment:
- Group Work: Yes
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Group Presentation and Individual Commentary | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Digital Presentation | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Individual Digital Presentation | 100% |